Ukraine, a transit country in a cul-de-sac? Updated review after the 2010 elections

This study highlights Ukraine's role in the landscape of gas transit, while considering and analyzing the existing information on fields that are larger than the gas issue, i.e. Ukrainian politics and economy and, above all, the country's energy policy. A first part is dedicated to the economic and political background introducing the main elements of the current Ukrainian situation; the second part is devoted to energy and each one of its variants (mix, oil, coal and gas). The third part develops the January 2009 Russian-Ukrainian conflict; and the fourth part concentrates on EU policy towards Ukraine, with four scenarios in which governance and the gas transport network are the key elements. An additional chapter (introduction) discusses about the modifications induced by the election (in 2010) of a new president, especially on the energy aspects and the normalization of the Russian-Ukrainian relations